EIP-AGRI Innovation Awards
The winners of the EIP-AGRI Innovation Awards 2024 for Operational Groups were announced during an awards ceremony which was part of the EU CAP Network Conference ‘EIP-AGRI Operational Groups: Innovation in practice’ which took place on 7 May 2024 in Estoril (Portugal).
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Inspirational idea: Sustainable biorefineries based on agricultural residues
The international AgriLoop project develops processes to create innovative high-value products from agricultural waste through sustainable supply chains.
Soil health: a key agroecology metric for results-orientated payments
Results-based payments protecting soil performance are a recent proposal promoted by EU CAP Network stakeholders for the future of sustainable food and farming systems in Europe.
Supporting Monitoring Committees and strengthening farm skills
Reflections on the CAP’s Monitoring Committees are among a batch of useful new information on the EU CAP Network website. Other new online content includes recommendations on skills for EU agricultural sectors.
Advancing implementation of the CAP’s green architecture
The Thematic Group on Green Architecture: Designing Green Strategies will meet again in June to advance EU understanding of optimising CAP opportunities from environment and climate funding.
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Evaluation of the 2014-2022 Swedish Rural Network
The purpose of the evaluation is to analyse the Swedish Rural Network's work on the 2014-2022 Rural Development Programme.
Bringing the EU to the kitchen table: Evaluation of community-led local development through the LEADER approach
The evaluation's purpose is to increase knowledge about implementing community-led local development through the LEADER method, which is funded by the Swedish Rural Development Programme (RDP).
Ongoing evaluation of the Saarland 2014-2020 Rural Development Programme
The evaluation reports on funding cases and public expenditure related to the 2014-2020 Rural Development Programme (RDP) for Saarland in Germany, which can therefore be considered a monitoring report.
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